Dominica in Palmis

Matutinum Laudes Prima Tertia Sexta Nona Vesperae Completorium

Incipit

℣ Dómine, lábia ☩ mea apéries.

℣ O Lord, ☩ open my lips.

℟ Et os meum annuntiábit laudem tuam.

℟ And my mouth shall proclaim your praise.

℣ Deus ✠ in adiutórium meum inténde.

℣ O God, ✠ come to my assistance.

℟ Dómine, ad adiuvándum me festína.

℟ Lord, make haste to help me.

Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.

Laus tibi, Dómine, Rex ætérnæ glóriæ.

Praise to you, O Lord, King of eternal glory.

Invitatorium

Ant. Adorémus Dóminum, * Quóniam ipse fecit nos.

Ant. Let us adore the Lord, * for he himself made us.

Psalmus 94

Psalm 94

94:1 Veníte, exsultémus Dómino: * iubilémus Deo salutári nostro:
94:2 Præoccupémus fáciem eius in confessióne: * et in psalmis iubilémus ei.
repeat full invitatory antiphon
94:3 Quóniam Deus magnus Dóminus: * et Rex magnus super omnes deos.
94:4 Quia in manu eius sunt omnes fines terræ: * et altitúdines móntium ipsíus sunt.
repeat full invitatory antiphon
94:5 Quóniam ipsíus est mare, et ipse fecit illud: * et siccam manus eius formavérunt.
repeat full invitatory antiphon
94:7 Et nos pópulus páscuæ eius, et oves manus eius. * Hódie si vocem eius audiéritis, nolíte obduráre corda vestra:
94:8 Sicut in irritatióne secúndum diem tentatiónis in desérto: * ubi tentavérunt me patres vestri, probavérunt me, et vidérunt ópera mea.
repeat full invitatory antiphon
94:9 Quadragínta annis offénsus fui generatióni illi, * et dixi: Semper hi errant corde.
94:10 Et isti non cognovérunt vias meas, ut iurávi in ira mea: * Si introíbunt in réquiem meam.
repeat full invitatory antiphon

94:1 Come, let us exult in the Lord: * let us shout joyfully to God, our Savior:
94:2 Let us anticipate his presence with confession: * and let us sing joyfully to him with psalms.
Repeat the full invitatory antiphon.
94:3 For the Lord is a great God: * and a great King over all gods.
94:4 For in his hand are all the limits of the earth: * and the heights of the mountains are his.
Repeat the full invitatory antiphon.
94:5 For the sea is his, and he made it: * and his hands formed the dry land.
Repeat the full invitatory antiphon.
94:7 And we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand. * If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts:
94:8 As in the provocation, according to the day of temptation in the wilderness: * where your fathers tempted me; they tested me, though they had seen my works.
Repeat the full invitatory antiphon.
94:9 For forty years, I was offended by that generation, * and I said: These have always strayed in heart.
94:10 And these have not known my ways, so I swore in my wrath: * They shall not enter into my rest.
Repeat the full invitatory antiphon.

℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.

℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.

℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.

Ant. Adorémus Dóminum, Quóniam ipse fecit nos.

Ant. Let us adore the Lord, for he himself made us.

Hymnus

Ex more docti mýstico
Servémus hoc ieiúnium,
Deno diérum círculo
Ducto quater notíssimo.

Lex et prophétæ prímitus
Hoc prætulérunt, póstmodum
Christus sacrávit, ómnium
Rex atque factor témporum.

Utámur ergo párcius
Verbis, cibis et pótibus,
Somno, iocis, et árctius
Perstémus in custódia.

Vitémus autem nóxia,
Quæ súbruunt mentes vagas:
Nullúmque demus cállidi
Hostis locum tyránnidi.

Flectámus iram víndicem,
Plorémus ante Iúdicem,
Clamémus ore súpplici,
Dicámus omnes cérnui:

Nostris malis offéndimus
Tuam, Deus, cleméntiam:
Effúnde nobis désuper,
Remíssor, indulgéntiam.

Meménto quod sumus tui,
Licet cadúci, plásmatis:
Ne des honórem nóminis
Tui, precámur, álteri.

Laxa malum, quod fécimus,
Auge bonum, quod póscimus:
Placére quo tandem tibi
Possímus hic, et pérpetim.

Præsta, beáta Trínitas,
Concéde, simplex Únitas,
Ut fructuósa sint tuis
Ieiuniórum múnera.
Amen.

The fast, as taught by holy lore,
We keep in solemn course once more:
The fast to all men known, and bound
In forty days of yearly round.

The law and seers that were of old
In diverse ways this Lent foretold,
Which Christ, all seasons’ King and Guide,
In after ages sanctified.

More sparing therefore let us make
The words we speak, the food we take,
Our sleep and mirth, —and closer barred
Be every sense in holy guard.

Avoid the evil thoughts that roll
Like waters o’er the heedless soul;
Nor let the foe occasion find
Our souls in slavery to bind.

In prayer together let us fall,
And cry for mercy, one and all,
And weep before the Judge’s feet,
And his avenging wrath entreat.

Thy grace have we offended sore,
By sins, O God, which we deplore;
But pour upon us from on high,
O pardoning One, thy clemency.

Remember thou, though frail we be,
That yet thine handiwork are we;
Nor let the honour of thy name
Be by another put to shame.

Forgive the sin that we have wrought;
Increase the good that we have sought:
That we at length, our wanderings o'er,
May please thee here and evermore.

Grant O thou Blessed Trinity,
Grant, O Essential Unity,
That this our fast of forty days
May work our profit and thy praise.
Amen.

Nocturni

Nocturnus 1

Nocturn 1

Ant. Beátus vir * qui in lege Dómini meditátur.

Ant. Blessed is the man * who meditates on the law of the Lord.

Psalmus 1

Psalm 1

1:1 Beátus vir, qui non ábiit in consílio impiórum, † et in via peccatórum non stetit, * et in cáthedra pestiléntiæ non sedit:
1:2 Sed in lege Dómini volúntas eius, * et in lege eius meditábitur die ac nocte.
1:3a Et erit tamquam lignum, quod plantátum est secus decúrsus aquárum, * quod fructum suum dabit in témpore suo:
1:3b Et fólium eius non défluet: * et ómnia quæcúmque fáciet, prosperabúntur.
1:4 Non sic ímpii, non sic: * sed tamquam pulvis, quem próicit ventus a fácie terræ.
1:5 Ídeo non resúrgent ímpii in iudício: * neque peccatóres in concílio iustórum.
1:6 Quóniam novit Dóminus viam iustórum: * et iter impiórum períbit.

1:1 Blessed is the man who has not followed the counsel of the impious, and has not remained in the way of sinners, * and has not sat in the chair of pestilence:
1:2 But his will is with the law of the Lord, * and he will meditate on his law, day and night.
1:3a And he will be like a tree that has been planted beside running waters, * which will provide its fruit in its time:
1:3b And its leaf will not fall away: * and all things whatsoever that he does will prosper.
1:4 Not so the impious, not so: * but they are like the dust that the wind casts along the face of the earth.
1:5 Therefore, the impious will not prevail again in judgment: * nor sinners in the council of the just.
1:6 For the Lord knows the way of the just: * and the path of the impious will pass away.

℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.

℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.

℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.

Ant. Beátus vir qui in lege Dómini meditátur.

Ant. Blessed is the man who meditates on the law of the Lord.

Ant. Servíte Dómino * in timóre, et exsultáte ei cum tremóre.

Ant. Serve the Lord * in fear, and rejoice before him with trembling.

Psalmus 2

Psalm 2

2:1 Quare fremuérunt gentes: * et pópuli meditáti sunt inánia?
2:2 Astitérunt reges terræ, et príncipes convenérunt in unum * advérsus Dóminum, et advérsus Christum eius.
2:3 Dirumpámus víncula eórum: * et proiciámus a nobis iugum ipsórum.
2:4 Qui hábitat in cælis, irridébit eos: * et Dóminus subsannábit eos.
2:5 Tunc loquétur ad eos in ira sua, * et in furóre suo conturbábit eos.
2:6 Ego autem constitútus sum Rex ab eo super Sion montem sanctum eius, * prǽdicans præcéptum eius.
2:7 Dóminus dixit ad me: * Fílius meus es tu, ego hódie génui te.
2:8 Póstula a me, et dabo tibi gentes hereditátem tuam, * et possessiónem tuam términos terræ.
2:9 Reges eos in virga férrea, * et tamquam vas fíguli confrínges eos.
2:10 Et nunc, reges, intellégite: * erudímini, qui iudicátis terram.
2:11 Servíte Dómino in timóre: * et exsultáte ei cum tremóre.
2:12 Apprehéndite disciplínam, nequándo irascátur Dóminus, * et pereátis de via iusta.
2:13 Cum exárserit in brevi ira eius: * beáti omnes qui confídunt in eo.

2:1 Why have the Gentiles been seething: * and why have the people been pondering nonsense?
2:2 The kings of the earth have stood up, and the leaders have joined together as one * against the Lord, and against his Christ:
2:3 Let us shatter their chains: * and cast their yoke away from us.
2:4 He who dwells in heaven will ridicule them: * and the Lord will mock them.
2:5 Then will he speak to them in his anger, * and trouble them with his fury.
2:6 Yet I have been appointed king by him over Zion, his holy mountain, * preaching his precepts.
2:7 The Lord has said to me: * You are my son, this day have I begotten you.
2:8 Ask of me, and I will give to you the Gentiles for your inheritance, * and the ends of the earth for your possession.
2:9 You will rule them with an iron rod, * and you will shatter them like a potter's vessel.
2:10 And now, O kings, understand: * be instructed, you who judge the earth.
2:11 Serve the Lord in fear: * and rejoice before him with trembling.
2:12 Embrace discipline, lest at any time the Lord be angry, * and you perish from the just way.
2:13 When his wrath shall be kindled in a short time: * blessed are all who trust in him.

℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.

℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.

℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.

Ant. Servíte Dómino in timóre, et exsultáte ei cum tremóre.

Ant. Serve the Lord in fear, and rejoice before him with trembling.

Ant. Exsúrge, * Dómine, salvum me fac, Deus meus.

Ant. Arise, * O Lord, save me, O my God.

Psalmus 3

Psalm 3

3:2 Dómine, quid multiplicáti sunt qui tríbulant me? * multi insúrgunt advérsum me.
3:3 Multi dicunt ánimæ meæ: * Non est salus ipsi in Deo eius.
3:4 Tu autem, Dómine, suscéptor meus es, * glória mea, et exáltans caput meum.
3:5 Voce mea ad Dóminum clamávi: * et exaudívit me de monte sancto suo.
3:6 Ego dormívi, et soporátus sum: * et exsurréxi, quia Dóminus suscépit me.
3:7 Non timébo míllia pópuli circumdántis me: * exsúrge, Dómine, salvum me fac, Deus meus.
3:8 Quóniam tu percussísti omnes adversántes mihi sine causa: * dentes peccatórum contrivísti.
3:9 Dómini est salus: * et super pópulum tuum benedíctio tua.

3:2 Lord, why have they who trouble me been multiplied? * Many rise up against me.
3:3 Many say of my soul: * There is no salvation for him in his God.
3:4 But you, O Lord, are my sustainer, * my glory, and the one who lifts up my head.
3:5 With my voice I cried out to the Lord: * and he heard me from his holy mountain.
3:6 I slept, and took my rest: * and I arose, for the Lord sustained me.
3:7 I will not fear thousands of people surrounding me: * arise, O Lord, save me, O my God.
3:8 For you have struck all who oppose me without cause: * you have broken the teeth of sinners.
3:9 Salvation belongs to the Lord: * and your blessing is upon your people.

℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.

℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.

℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.

Ant. Exsúrge, Dómine, salvum me fac, Deus meus.

Ant. Arise, O Lord, save me, O my God.

℣ Memor fui nocte nóminis tui, Dómine.

℣ In the night I remembered your name, O Lord.

℟ Et custodívi legem tuam.

℟ And I have kept your law.

Pater noster, qui es in cælis, sanctificétur nomen tuum: advéniat regnum tuum: fiat volúntas tua, sicut in cælo et in terra. Panem nostrum cotidiánum da nobis hódie: et dimítte nobis débita nostra, sicut et nos dimíttimus debitóribus nostris:

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name: thy kingdom come: thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread: and forgive us our trespasses, as we also forgive those who trespass against us:

℣ Et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem:

℣ And lead us not into temptation:

℟ Sed líbera nos a malo.

℟ But deliver us from evil.

Absolutio. Exáudi, Dómine Iesu Christe, preces servórum tuórum, et miserére nobis: Qui cum Patre et Spíritu Sancto vivis et regnas in sǽcula sæculórum.

Absolutio. Hear us, Lord Jesus Christ, and have mercy on your servants: You who live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit for ever and ever.

℣ Iube, Dómine, benedícere.

℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.

Benedictio. Benedictióne perpétua benedícat nos Pater ætérnus.

Benedictio. May the eternal Father bless us with his everlasting blessing.

Lectio 1

Reading 1

De Ieremía Prophéta

From the Prophet Jeremiah

Ier 2:12-17

12 Obstupéscite, cæli, super hoc, et, portæ eius, desolámini veheménter, dicit Dóminus.
13 Duo enim mala fecit pópulus meus: Me dereliquérunt fontem aquæ vivæ, et fodérunt sibi cistérnas, cistérnas dissipátas, quæ continére non valent aquas.
14 Numquid servus est Israël, aut vernáculus? Quare ergo factus est in prædam?
15 Super eum rugiérunt leónes, et dedérunt vocem suam, posuérunt terram eius in solitúdinem: civitátes eius exústæ sunt, et non est qui hábitet in eis.
16 Fílii quoque Mémpheos et Taphnes constupravérunt te usque ad vérticem.
17 Numquid non istud factum est tibi, quia dereliquísti Dóminum Deum tuum eo témpore, quo ducébat te per viam?

12 Be astonished at this, O heavens, and be utterly desolate, O gates of heaven, says the Lord.
13 For my people have done two evils. They have forsaken me, the Fountain of living water, and they have dug for themselves cisterns, broken cisterns that are unable to hold water.
14 Is Israel a servant, or one born into slavery? Then why has he become a prey?
15 The lions have roared over him, and they have uttered their voice. They have set his land in solitude; his cities have been burned up, and there is no one who lives in them.
16 Likewise, the sons of Memphis and of Tahpanhes have defiled you, even to the top of the head.
17 Has this not been done to you because you abandoned the Lord your God, in that time when he was leading you by the way?

℟ In die qua invocávi te, Dómine, dixísti: Noli timére:

℟ On the day when I called upon you, O Lord, you said: Fear not:

Iudicásti causam meam, et liberásti me, Dómine, Deus meus.

You have judged my cause and delivered me, O Lord, my God.

℣ In die tribulatiónis meæ clamávi ad te, quia exaudísti me.

℣ On the day of my tribulation I cried to you, for you heard me.

℟ Iudicásti causam meam, et liberásti me, Dómine, Deus meus.

℟ You have judged my cause and delivered me, O Lord, my God.

℣ Iube, Dómine, benedícere.

℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.

Benedictio. Unigénitus Dei Fílius nos benedícere et adiuváre dignétur.

Benedictio. May the Only Begotten Son of God be pleased to bless and assist us.

Lectio 2

Reading 2

Ier 2:18-22

18 Et nunc quid tibi vis in via Ægýpti, ut bibas aquam túrbidam? et quid tibi cum via Assyriórum, ut bibas aquam flúminis?
19 Arguet te malítia tua, et avérsio tua increpábit te. Scito, et vide quia malum et amárum est reliquísse te Dóminum Deum tuum, et non esse timórem mei apud te, dicit Dóminus Deus exercítuum.
20 A sǽculo confregísti iugum meum, rupísti víncula mea, et dixísti: Non sérviam. In omni enim colle sublími, et sub omni ligno frondóso, tu prosternebáris méretrix.
21 Ego autem plantávi te víneam eléctam, omne semen verum: quómodo ergo convérsa es mihi in pravum, vínea aliéna?
22 Si láveris te nitro, et multiplicáveris tibi herbam borith, maculáta es in iniquitáte tua coram me, dicit Dóminus Deus.

18 And now what do you want from the way of Egypt, but to drink their turbid water? And what do you want from the way of the Assyrians, but to drink the water of their river?
19 Your own malice will reprove you, and your own apostasy will rebuke you. Know and perceive this: it is an evil and bitter thing for you to forsake the Lord your God, and to be without my fear within you, says the Lord God of hosts.
20 From ancient times, you have broken my yoke; you have torn apart my bonds, and you have said, 'I will not serve.' For on every high hill, and under every leafy tree, you have been debased, O harlot.
21 Yet I planted you as an elect vineyard, with only true seed. Then how have you been turned away from me, toward that which is depraved, O strange vineyard?
22 Even if you wash yourself with soap, and increase your use of herbal soaps, you are still stained by your iniquity in my sight, says the Lord God.

℟ Fratres mei elongavérunt se a me: et noti mei

℟ My brethren have gone far from me: and my acquaintances

Quasi aliéni recessérunt a me.

have withdrawn from me as strangers.

℣ Dereliquérunt me próximi mei, et qui me novérunt.

℣ My neighbors have forsaken me, and those who knew me.

℟ Quasi aliéni recessérunt a me.

℟ have withdrawn from me as strangers.

℣ Iube, Dómine, benedícere.

℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.

Benedictio. Ad gáudia paradísi perdúcat nos misericórdia Christi.

Benedictio. May the mercy of Christ lead us to the joys of paradise.

Lectio 3

Reading 3

Ier 2:29-32

29 Quid vultis mecum iudício conténdere? Omnes dereliquístis me, dicit Dóminus.
30 Frustra percússi fílios vestros, disciplínam non recepérunt: devorávit gládius vester prophétas vestros, quasi leo vastátor
31 generátio vestra. Vidéte verbum Dómini: Numquid solitúdo factus sum Israéli, aut terra serótina? Quare ergo dixit pópulus meus: Recéssimus, non veniémus ultra ad te?
32 Numquid obliviscétur virgo ornaménti sui, aut sponsa fásciæ pectorális suæ? pópulus vero meus oblítus est mei diébus innúmeris.

29 Why do you want to contend against me in judgment? You have all forsaken me, says the Lord.
30 I have struck your children to no effect; they have not accepted discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets. Your generation is like a raging lion.
31 Consider the word of the Lord. Have I become like a wilderness to Israel, or like a land late to bear fruit? Then why have my people said, 'We are withdrawing; we will no longer approach you'?
32 Can a virgin forget her ornament, or a bride the covering across her breast? Yet truly, my people have forgotten me, for innumerable days.

℟ Atténde, Dómine, ad me, et audi voces adversariórum meórum:

℟ Attend to me, O Lord, and hear the voices of my adversaries:

Numquid rédditur pro bono malum, quia fodérunt fóveam ánimæ meæ?

Is evil returned for good, because they have dug a pit for my soul?

℣ Recordáre quod stéterim in conspéctu tuo, ut lóquerer pro eis bonum, et avérterem indignatiónem tuam ab eis.

℣ Remember that I have stood in your sight, so as to speak on their behalf for good, and to avert your indignation from them.

℟ Numquid rédditur pro bono malum, quia fodérunt fóveam ánimæ meæ?

℟ Is evil returned for good, because they have dug a pit for my soul?

℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.

℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.

℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.

℟ Atténde, Dómine, ad me, et audi voces adversariórum meórum: * Numquid rédditur pro bono malum, quia fodérunt fóveam ánimæ meæ?

℟ Attend to me, O Lord, and hear the voices of my adversaries: * Is evil returned for good, because they have dug a pit for my soul?

Nocturnus 2

Nocturn 2

Ant. Quam admirábile * est nomen tuum, Dómine, in univérsa terra!

Ant. How wonderful * is your name, O Lord, throughout all the earth!

Psalmus 8

Psalm 8

8:2a Dómine, Dóminus noster, * quam admirábile est nomen tuum in univérsa terra!
8:2b Quóniam eleváta est magnificéntia tua, * super cælos.
8:3 Ex ore infántium et lacténtium perfecísti laudem propter inimícos tuos, * ut déstruas inimícum et ultórem.
8:4 Quóniam vidébo cælos tuos, ópera digitórum tuórum: * lunam et stellas, quæ tu fundásti.
8:5 Quid est homo quod memor es eius? * aut fílius hóminis, quóniam vísitas eum?
8:6 Minuísti eum paulo minus ab Ángelis, † glória et honóre coronásti eum: * (7) et constituísti eum super ópera mánuum tuárum.
8:8 Ómnia subiecísti sub pédibus eius, * oves et boves univérsas: ínsuper et pécora campi.
8:9 Vólucres cæli, et pisces maris, * qui perámbulant sémitas maris.
8:10 Dómine, Dóminus noster, * quam admirábile est nomen tuum in univérsa terra!

8:2a O Lord, our Lord, * how admirable is your name throughout all the earth!
8:2b For your magnificence is elevated * above the heavens.
8:3 Out of the mouths of babes and infants you have perfected praise, because of your enemies, * so that you may destroy the enemy and the revenger.
8:4 For I will behold your heavens, the works of your fingers: * the moon and the stars, which you have founded.
8:5 What is man, that you are mindful of him? * or the son of man, that you visit him?
8:6 You reduced him to a little less than the Angels; you have crowned him with glory and honor: * and you have set him over the works of your hands.
8:8 You have subjected all things under his feet, * all sheep and oxen, and in addition the beasts of the field.
8:9 The birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, * which pass through the paths of the sea.
8:10 O Lord, our Lord, * how admirable is your name throughout all the earth!

℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.

℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.

℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.

Ant. Quam admirábile est nomen tuum, Dómine, in univérsa terra!

Ant. How wonderful is your name, O Lord, throughout all the earth!

Ant. Sedísti super thronum * qui iúdicas iustítiam.

Ant. You sit upon the throne, * O you who judge with justice.

Psalmus 9(2-11)

Psalm 9(2-11)

9:2 Confitébor tibi, Dómine, in toto corde meo: * narrábo ómnia mirabília tua.
9:3 Lætábor et exsultábo in te: * psallam nómini tuo, Altíssime.
9:4 In converténdo inimícum meum retrórsum: * infirmabúntur, et períbunt a fácie tua.
9:5 Quóniam fecísti iudícium meum et causam meam: * sedísti super thronum, qui iúdicas iustítiam.
9:6 Increpásti gentes, et périit ímpius: * nomen eórum delésti in ætérnum, et in sǽculum sǽculi.
9:7a Inimíci defecérunt frámeæ in finem: * et civitátes eórum destruxísti.
9:7b Périit memória eórum cum sónitu: * (8a) et Dóminus in ætérnum pérmanet.
9:8b Parávit in iudício thronum suum: * (9) et ipse iudicábit orbem terræ in æquitáte, iudicábit pópulos in iustítia.
9:10 Et factus est Dóminus refúgium páuperi: * adiútor in opportunitátibus, in tribulatióne.
9:11 Et sperent in te qui novérunt nomen tuum: * quóniam non dereliquísti quæréntes te, Dómine.

9:2 I will confess to you, O Lord, with my whole heart: * I will recount all your wonders.
9:3 I will rejoice and exult in you: * I will sing a psalm to your name, O Most High.
9:4 When my enemy is turned back: * they will be weakened and perish before your face.
9:5 For you have accomplished my judgment and my cause: * you have sat upon the throne that judges justice.
9:6 You have rebuked the Gentiles, and the impious one has perished: * you have deleted their name in eternity, and forever and ever.
9:7a The spears of the enemy have failed in the end: * and their cities you have destroyed.
9:7b Their memory has perished with a sound: * (8a) and the Lord remains in eternity.
9:8b He has prepared his throne in judgment: * (9) and he himself will judge the world in equity, he will judge the peoples in justice.
9:10 And the Lord has become a refuge for the poor: * a helper in opportunity, in tribulation.
9:11 And may they hope in you who know your name: * for you have not abandoned those seeking you, O Lord.

℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.

℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.

℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.

Ant. Sedísti super thronum qui iúdicas iustítiam.

Ant. You sit upon the throne, O you who judge with justice.

Ant. Exsúrge, Dómine, * non præváleat homo.

Ant. Arise, O Lord, * let not man prevail.

Psalmus 9(12-21)

Psalm 9(12-21)

9:12 Psállite Dómino, qui hábitat in Sion: * annuntiáte inter gentes stúdia eius:
9:13 Quóniam requírens sánguinem eórum recordátus est: * non est oblítus clamórem páuperum.
9:14 Miserére mei, Dómine: * vide humilitátem meam de inimícis meis.
9:15 Qui exáltas me de portis mortis, * ut annúntiem omnes laudatiónes tuas in portis fíliæ Sion.
9:16a Exsultábo in salutári tuo: * infíxæ sunt gentes in intéritu, quem fecérunt.
9:16b In láqueo isto, quem abscondérunt, * comprehénsus est pes eórum.
9:17 Cognoscétur Dóminus iudícia fáciens: * in opéribus mánuum suárum comprehénsus est peccátor.
9:18 Convertántur peccatóres in inférnum, * omnes gentes quæ obliviscúntur Deum.
9:19 Quóniam non in finem oblívio erit páuperis: * patiéntia páuperum non períbit in finem.
9:20 Exsúrge, Dómine, non confortétur homo: * iudicéntur gentes in conspéctu tuo.
9:21 Constítue, Dómine, legislatórem super eos: * ut sciant gentes quóniam hómines sunt.

9:12 Sing a psalm to the Lord, who dwells in Zion: * announce his study among the Gentiles:
9:13 Because of those who yearned for their blood, he has remembered them: * he has not forgotten the cry of the poor.
9:14 Have mercy on me, O Lord: * see my humiliation from my enemies.
9:15 You lift me up from the gates of death, * so that I may announce all your praises at the gates of the daughter of Zion.
9:16a I will exult in your salvation: * the Gentiles have become trapped in the ruin that they made.
9:16b In this snare of theirs, which they have hidden, * the foot of them has been caught.
9:17 The Lord will be recognized when making judgments: * the sinner has been caught in the works of his own hands.
9:18 The sinners will be turned into Hell, * all the Gentiles who have forgotten God.
9:19 For the poor will not be forgotten in the end: * the patience of the poor will not perish in the end.
9:20 Rise up, O Lord, let not man be strengthened: * let the Gentiles be judged in your sight.
9:21 O Lord, establish a lawgiver over them: * so that the Gentiles may know that they are only men.

℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.

℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.

℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.

Ant. Exsúrge, Dómine, non præváleat homo.

Ant. Arise, O Lord, let not man prevail.

℣ Média nocte surgébam ad confiténdum tibi.

℣ At midnight I arose to give you praise.

℟ Super iudícia iustificatiónis tuæ.

℟ Above the judgments of your justice.

℣ Et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem:

℣ And lead us not into temptation:

℟ Sed líbera nos a malo.

℟ But deliver us from evil.

Absolutio. Ipsíus píetas et misericórdia nos ádiuvet, qui cum Patre et Spíritu Sancto vivit et regnat in sǽcula sæculórum.

Absolutio. May his loving kindness and mercy assist us, he who lives and reigns with the Father and the Holy Spirit for ever and ever.

℣ Iube, Dómine, benedícere.

℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.

Benedictio. Deus Pater omnípotens sit nobis propítius et clemens.

Benedictio. May God the almighty Father be gracious and merciful to us.

Lectio 4

Reading 4

Sermo sancti Leónis Papæ

Sermon of Saint Leo, Pope

Sermo 11 de Passióne Dómini

Desideráta nobis, dilectíssimi, et univérso optábilis mundo adest festívitas Domínicæ passiónis, quæ nos inter exsultatiónes spirituálium gaudiórum silére non pátitur. Quia etsi diffícile est, de eádem solemnitáte sǽpius digne aptéque dissérere: non est tamen líberum sacerdóti in tanto divínæ misericórdiæ sacraménto fidélibus pópulis subtráhere sermónis offícium: cum ipsa matéria ex eo quod est ineffábilis, fandi tríbuat facultátem: nec possit defícere quod dicátur, dum numquam potest satis esse quod dícitur. Succúmbat ergo humána infírmitas glóriæ Dei, et in explicándis opéribus misericórdiæ eius, ímparem se semper invéniat. Laborémus sensu, hæreámus ingénio, deficiámus elóquio: bonum est ut nobis parum sit, quod étiam recte de Dómini maiestáte sentímus.

The longed-for and to all the world desirable solemnity of the Lord's Passion is at hand, dearest ones, and it does not suffer us to be silent amid the joys of spiritual gladness. For though it is difficult to speak worthily and fittingly of the same solemnity more than once, yet it is not permitted to a priest to withhold from the faithful people the service of speech in so great a sacrament of divine mercy — since the very subject matter, from the very fact that it is ineffable, grants the capacity of speaking; nor can that fail which is to be said, while that which is said can never be sufficient. Let human weakness, therefore, yield to the glory of God, and in explaining the works of his mercy let it always find itself unequal. Let us labor in thought, let us strain in our mind, let us fall short in eloquence: it is good that even what we think rightly of the majesty of the Lord seems little to us.

℟ Conclúsit vias meas inimícus, insidiátor factus est mihi sicut leo in abscóndito, replévit et inebriávit me amaritúdine: deduxérunt in lacum mortis vitam meam, et posuérunt lápidem contra me.

℟ The enemy has blocked my ways; he lay in wait for me like a lion in a hidden place; he filled me and made me drunk with bitterness: they led my life down into the pit of death, and placed a stone against me.

Vide, Dómine, iniquitátes illórum: et iúdica causam ánimæ meæ, defénsor vitæ meæ.

See, O Lord, their iniquities: and judge the cause of my soul, defender of my life.

℣ Factus sum in derísum omni pópulo meo, cánticum eórum tota die.

℣ I have become a mockery to all my people, their song all the day.

℟ Vide, Dómine, iniquitátes illórum: et iúdica causam ánimæ meæ, defénsor vitæ meæ.

℟ See, O Lord, their iniquities: and judge the cause of my soul, defender of my life.

℣ Iube, Dómine, benedícere.

℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.

Benedictio. Christus perpétuæ det nobis gáudia vitæ.

Benedictio. May Christ grant us the joys of eternal life.

Lectio 5

Reading 5

Dicénte enim prophéta: Quǽrite Dóminum, et confirmámini, quǽrite fáciem eius semper: némini præsuméndum est, quod totum quod quærit, invénerit, ne désinat propinquáre, qui cessárit accédere. Quid autem inter ómnia ópera Dei, in quibus humánæ admiratiónis fatigátur inténtio, ita contemplatiónem mentis nostræ et obléctat et súperat, sicut pássio Salvatóris? Qui ut humánum genus vínculis mortíferæ prævaricatiónis absólveret, et sæviénti diábolo poténtiam suæ maiestátis occúluit, et infirmitátem nostræ humilitátis obiécit. Si enim crudélis et supérbus inimícus consílium misericórdiæ Dei nosse potuísset, Iudæórum ánimos mansuetúdine pótius temperáre, quam iniústis ódiis studuísset accéndere: ne ómnium captivórum amítteret servitútem, dum nihil sibi debéntis perséquitur libertátem.

For, since the prophet says: "Seek the Lord and be strengthened; seek his face always" — no one should presume that he has already found all that he seeks, lest he who has ceased to approach should cease to draw near. But among all the works of God, in which the attention of human wonder is wearied, what is it that so both delights and surpasses the contemplation of our mind as the Passion of the Savior? Who, in order to free the human race from the chains of deadly transgression, concealed the power of his majesty from the raging devil and set before him the weakness of our humility. For if the cruel and proud enemy had been able to know the counsel of God's mercy, he would have taken care to temper the minds of the Jews by gentleness rather than to inflame them with unjust hatreds: lest he should lose the servitude of all his captives, while pursuing the freedom of one who owed him nothing.

℟ Salvum me fac, Deus, quóniam intravérunt aquæ usque ad ánimam meam: ne avértas fáciem tuam a me:

℟ Save me, O God, for the waters have entered even to my soul: turn not your face away from me:

Quóniam tríbulor, exáudi me, Dómine, Deus meus.

For I am in distress, hear me, O Lord my God.

℣ Inténde ánimæ meæ, et líbera eam: propter inimícos meos éripe me.

℣ Attend to my soul, and deliver it: because of my enemies, rescue me.

℟ Quóniam tríbulor, exáudi me, Dómine, Deus meus.

℟ For I am in distress, hear me, O Lord my God.

℣ Iube, Dómine, benedícere.

℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.

Benedictio. Ignem sui amóris accéndat Deus in córdibus nostris.

Benedictio. May God kindle the fire of his love in our hearts.

Lectio 6

Reading 6

Feféllit ergo illum malígnitas sua, íntulit supplícium Fílio Dei, quod cunctis fíliis hóminum in remédium verterétur. Fudit sánguinem iustum, qui reconciliándo mundo et prétium esset, et póculum. Suscépit Dóminus, quod secúndum propósitum suæ voluntátis elégit. Admísit in se ímpias manus furéntium: quæ dum próprio incúmbunt scéleri, famulátæ sunt Redemptóri. Cuius étiam circa interfectóres suos tanta erat pietátis afféctio, ut de cruce súpplicans Patri, non se vindicári, sed illis postuláret ignósci.

His own malice therefore deceived him; he inflicted suffering upon the Son of God, which was to be turned into a remedy for all the sons of men. He shed the righteous Blood, which was both the price and the cup of reconciliation for the world. The Lord accepted what he chose according to the purpose of his own will. He admitted into himself the impious hands of those who raged; and while they pressed on in their own wickedness, they served the Redeemer. Such was the devotion of his mercy even toward his murderers, that when he prayed to the Father from the Cross, he asked not for his own vindication but for their pardon.

℟ Noli esse mihi, Dómine, aliénus: parce mihi in die mala: confundántur omnes qui me persequúntur,

℟ Be not a stranger to me, O Lord; spare me in the evil day: let all who persecute me be put to shame,

Et non confúndar ego.

And let me not be put to shame.

℣ Confundántur omnes inimíci mei, qui quærunt ánimam meam.

℣ Let all my enemies be confounded, who seek my soul.

℟ Et non confúndar ego.

℟ And let me not be put to shame.

℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.

℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.

℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.

℟ Noli esse mihi, Dómine, aliénus: parce mihi in die mala: confundántur omnes qui me persequúntur, * Et non confúndar ego.

℟ Be not a stranger to me, O Lord; spare me in the evil day: let all who persecute me be put to shame, * And let me not be put to shame.

Nocturnus 3

Nocturn 3

Ant. Ut quid, Dómine, * recessísti longe?

Ant. Why, O Lord, * have you withdrawn far away?

Psalmus 9(22-32)

Psalm 9(22-32)

9:22 Ut quid, Dómine, recessísti longe, * déspicis in opportunitátibus, in tribulatióne?
9:23 Dum supérbit ímpius, incénditur pauper: * comprehendúntur in consíliis quibus cógitant.
9:24 Quóniam laudátur peccátor in desidériis ánimæ suæ: * et iníquus benedícitur.
9:25 Exacerbávit Dóminum peccátor, * secúndum multitúdinem iræ suæ non quæret.
9:26a Non est Deus in conspéctu eius: * inquinátæ sunt viæ illíus in omni témpore.
9:26b Auferúntur iudícia tua a fácie eius: * ómnium inimicórum suórum dominábitur.
9:27 Dixit enim in corde suo: * Non movébor a generatióne in generatiónem sine malo.
9:28 Cuius maledictióne os plenum est, et amaritúdine, et dolo: * sub lingua eius labor et dolor.
9:29 Sedet in insídiis cum divítibus in occúltis: * ut interfíciat innocéntem.
9:30a Óculi eius in páuperem respíciunt: * insidiátur in abscóndito, quasi leo in spelúnca sua.
9:30b Insidiátur ut rápiat páuperem: * rápere páuperem, dum áttrahit eum.
9:31 In láqueo suo humiliábit eum: * inclinábit se, et cadet, cum dominátus fúerit páuperum.
9:32 Dixit enim in corde suo: Oblítus est Deus, * avértit fáciem suam ne vídeat in finem.

9:22 So then, why, O Lord, have you withdrawn far away, * have you overlooked us in opportunity, in tribulation?
9:23 While the impious is arrogant, the poor is enflamed: * they are held by the counsels that they devise.
9:24 For the sinner is praised by the desires of his soul: * and the iniquitous one is blessed.
9:25 The sinner has provoked the Lord, * according to the multitude of his wrath, he will not seek him.
9:26a God is not before his sight: * his ways are stained at all times.
9:26b Your judgments are removed from his face: * he will be master of all his enemies.
9:27 For he has said in his heart: * I will not be disturbed, from generation to generation without evil.
9:28 His mouth is full of curses, and bitterness, and deceit: * under his tongue are hardship and sorrow.
9:29 He sits in ambush with resources in hidden places: * so that he may execute the innocent.
9:30a His eyes catch sight of the poor: * he lies in ambush in hiding, like a lion in his den.
9:30b He lies in ambush so that he may seize the poor: * to seize the poor as he draws him in.
9:31 With his snare he will bring him down: * he will crouch down and pounce, when he has power over the poor.
9:32 For he has said in his heart, God has forgotten, * he has turned away his face, lest he see to the end.

℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.

℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.

℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.

Ant. Ut quid, Dómine, recessísti longe?

Ant. Why, O Lord, have you withdrawn far away?

Ant. Exsúrge, * Dómine Deus, exaltétur manus tua.

Ant. Arise, * O Lord God, let your hand be exalted.

Psalmus 9(33-39)

Psalm 9(33-39)

9:33 Exsúrge, Dómine Deus, exaltétur manus tua: * ne obliviscáris páuperum.
9:34 Propter quid irritávit ímpius Deum? * dixit enim in corde suo: Non requíret.
9:35a Vides quóniam tu labórem et dolórem consíderas: * ut tradas eos in manus tuas.
9:35b Tibi derelíctus est pauper: * órphano tu eris adiútor.
9:36 Cóntere brácchium peccatóris et malígni: * quærétur peccátum illíus, et non inveniétur.
9:37 Dóminus regnábit in ætérnum, et in sǽculum sǽculi: * períbitis, gentes, de terra illíus.
9:38 Desidérium páuperum exaudívit Dóminus: * præparatiónem cordis eórum audívit auris tua.
9:39 Iudicáre pupíllo et húmili, * ut non appónat ultra magnificáre se homo super terram.

9:33 Rise up, O Lord God, let your hand be exalted: * do not forget the poor.
9:34 How has the impious one provoked God? * for he has said in his heart, He will not inquire.
9:35a You do see, for you examine hardship and sorrow: * so that you may deliver them into your hands.
9:35b The poor one has been abandoned to you: * you will be a helper to the orphan.
9:36 Break the arm of the sinner and the malicious: * his sin will be sought, and it will not be found.
9:37 The Lord shall reign in eternity, and forever and ever: * you will perish from his land, O Gentiles.
9:38 The Lord has heeded the desire of the poor: * your ear has listened to the preparation of their heart,
9:39 so as to judge for the orphan and the humble, * so that man may no longer presume to magnify himself upon the earth.

℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.

℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.

℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.

Ant. Exsúrge, Dómine Deus, exaltétur manus tua.

Ant. Arise, O Lord God, let your hand be exalted.

Ant. Iustus Dóminus * et iustítiam diléxit.

Ant. The Lord is just * and has loved justice.

Psalmus 10

Psalm 10

10:2 In Dómino confído: † quómodo dícitis ánimæ meæ: * Tránsmigra in montem sicut passer?
10:3 Quóniam ecce peccatóres intendérunt arcum, † paravérunt sagíttas suas in pháretra, * ut sagíttent in obscúro rectos corde.
10:4 Quóniam quæ perfecísti, destruxérunt: * iustus autem quid fecit?
10:5a Dóminus in templo sancto suo, * Dóminus in cælo sedes eius.
10:5b Óculi eius in páuperem respíciunt: * pálpebræ eius intérrogant fílios hóminum.
10:6 Dóminus intérrogat iustum et ímpium: * qui autem díligit iniquitátem, odit ánimam suam.
10:7 Pluet super peccatóres láqueos: * ignis, et sulphur, et spíritus procellárum pars cálicis eórum.
10:8 Quóniam iustus Dóminus, et iustítias diléxit: * æquitátem vidit vultus eius.

10:2 I trust in the Lord: how can you say to my soul, * Sojourn to the mountain, like a sparrow?
10:3 For behold, the sinners have bent their bow, they have prepared their arrows in the quiver, * so as to shoot arrows in the dark at the upright of heart.
10:4 For they have destroyed the things that you have completed: * but what has the just one done?
10:5a The Lord is in his holy temple, * the Lord's throne is in heaven.
10:5b His eyes look upon the poor: * his eyelids question the sons of men.
10:6 The Lord questions the just and the impious: * yet he who loves iniquity hates his own soul.
10:7 He will rain down snares upon sinners: * fire and brimstone and windstorms will be the portion of their cup.
10:8 For the Lord is just, and he has chosen justice: * his countenance has beheld equity.

℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.

℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.

℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.

Ant. Iustus Dóminus et iustítiam diléxit.

Ant. The Lord is just and has loved justice.

℣ Prævenérunt óculi mei ad te dilúculo.

℣ My eyes have gone before you at dawn.

℟ Ut meditárer elóquia tua, Dómine.

℟ That I might meditate on your words, O Lord.

℣ Et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem:

℣ And lead us not into temptation:

℟ Sed líbera nos a malo.

℟ But deliver us from evil.

Absolutio. A vínculis peccatórum nostrórum absólvat nos omnípotens et miséricors Dóminus.

Absolutio. May the almighty and merciful Lord absolve us from the bonds of our sins.

℣ Iube, Dómine, benedícere.

℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.

Benedictio. Ille nos benedícat, qui sine fine vivit et regnat.

Benedictio. May he bless us who lives and reigns without end.

Lectio 7

Reading 7

Léctio sancti Evangélii secúndum Matthǽum

A Reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew

Matt 21:1-9

In illo témpore: Cum appropinquásset Iesus Ierosólymis, et venísset Béthphage ad montem Olivéti: tunc misit duos discípulos, dicens eis. Et réliqua.

Homilía sancti Ambrósii Epíscopi

At that time: When Jesus drew near to Jerusalem and had come to Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, he sent two disciples, saying to them. And so forth.

A Homily of Saint Ambrose, Bishop

Liber 9 in Lucam

Pulchre relíctis Iudǽis, habitatúrus in afféctibus géntium, templum Dóminus ascéndit. Hoc enim templum est verum, in quo non in líttera, sed in spíritu Dóminus adorátur. Hoc Dei templum est, quod fídei séries, non lápidum structúra fundávit. Deserúntur ergo qui óderant: eligúntur qui amatúri erant. Et ídeo ad montem venit Olivéti, ut novéllas óleas in sublími virtúte plantáret, quarum mater est illa, quæ sursum est, Ierúsalem. In hoc monte est ille cæléstis agrícola: ut plantáti omnes in domo Dei, possint virítim dícere: Ego autem sicut olíva fructífera in domo Dómini.

Beautifully, having left the Jews, the Lord ascends the temple, about to dwell in the affections of the Gentiles. For this is the true temple, in which the Lord is adored not in the letter, but in the spirit. This is the temple of God, which a succession of faith, not a structure of stones, has founded. Therefore those who hated are forsaken; those who were to love are chosen. And so he came to the Mount of Olives, to plant new olive trees in lofty virtue, whose mother is that Jerusalem which is above. On this mountain is that heavenly Husbandman: so that all who are planted in the house of God may each be able to say: But I, like a fruitful olive tree in the house of the Lord.

℟ Dóminus mecum est tamquam bellátor fortis: proptérea persecúti sunt me, et intellégere non potuérunt: Dómine, probas renes et corda:

℟ The Lord is with me as a mighty warrior: therefore they persecuted me, but could not understand: O Lord, you test the reins and the heart:

Tibi revelávi causam meam.

To you I have revealed my cause.

℣ Vidísti, Dómine, iniquitátes eórum advérsum me: iúdica iudícium meum.

℣ You have seen, O Lord, their iniquities against me: judge my judgment.

℟ Tibi revelávi causam meam.

℟ To you I have revealed my cause.

℣ Iube, Dómine, benedícere.

℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.

Benedictio. Divínum auxílium máneat semper nobíscum.

Benedictio. May the divine assistance remain always with us.

Lectio 8

Reading 8

Et fortásse ipse mons Christus est. Quis enim álius tales fructus ferret oleárum, non curvescéntium ubertáte baccárum, sed spíritus plenitúdine géntium fœcundárum? Ipse est per quem ascéndimus, et ad quem ascéndimus. Ipse est iánua, ipse est via, qui aperítur, et qui áperit: qui pulsátur ab ingrediéntibus, et ab eméritis adorátur. Ergo in castéllo erat, et ligátus erat pullus cum ásina: non póterat solvi nisi iussu Dómini. Solvit eum manus apostólica. Talis actus, talis vita, talis grátia. Esto talis et tu, ut possis ligátos sólvere.

And perhaps the mountain itself is Christ. For who else would bear such fruits of olive trees, not bending under the abundance of berries, but made fruitful with the fullness of the Spirit for the peoples? He it is through whom we ascend, and to whom we ascend. He is the door, he is the way, who is opened and who opens: who is knocked upon by those entering and adored by those who have completed the journey. Therefore the foal was in the village, and it was tied with the she-ass: it could not be loosed except at the Lord's command. The apostolic hand loosed it. Such is the deed, such is the life, such is the grace. Be such yourself, so that you may be able to loose those who are bound.

℟ Dixérunt ímpii apud se, non recte cogitántes: Circumveniámus iustum, quóniam contrárius est opéribus nostris: promíttit se sciéntiam Dei habére, Fílium Dei se nóminat, et gloriátur patrem se habére Deum:

℟ The wicked said among themselves, not thinking rightly: Let us beset the just man, for he is contrary to our works: he professes to have knowledge of God, he calls himself the Son of God, and boasts of having God as his Father:

Videámus si sermónes illíus veri sunt: et si est vere Fílius Dei, líberet eum de mánibus nostris: morte turpíssima condemnémus eum.

Let us see if his words are true: and if he is truly the Son of God, let him deliver him from our hands: let us condemn him to a most shameful death.

℣ Tamquam nugáces æstimáti sumus ab illo, et ábstinet se a viis nostris tamquam ab immundítiis: et præfert novíssima iustórum.

℣ We were counted by him as frivolous, and he abstains from our ways as from uncleanness: and he sets the last end of the just before us.

℟ Videámus si sermónes illíus veri sunt: et si est vere Fílius Dei, líberet eum de mánibus nostris: morte turpíssima condemnémus eum.

℟ Let us see if his words are true: and if he is truly the Son of God, let him deliver him from our hands: let us condemn him to a most shameful death.

℣ Iube, Dómine, benedícere.

℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.

Benedictio. Ad societátem cívium supernórum perdúcat nos Rex Angelórum.

Benedictio. May the King of Angels lead us to the company of the citizens on high.

Lectio 9

Reading 9

Nunc considerémus qui fúerint illi, qui erróre detécto, de paradíso eiécti, in castéllum sint relegáti. Et vides, quemádmodum quos mors expúlerat, vita revocáverit. Et ídeo secúndum Matthǽum, et ásinam et pullum légimus: ut quia in duóbus homínibus utérque fúerat sexus expúlsus, in duóbus animálibus sexus utérque revocétur. Ergo illic in ásina matre quasi Hevam figurávit erróris: hic autem in pullo generalitátem pópuli Gentílis expréssit: et ídeo pullo sedétur ásinæ. Et bene, in quo nemo sedit: quia nullus, ántequam Christus, natiónum pópulos vocávit ad Ecclésiam. Dénique secúndum Marcum sic habes: Quem nemo adhuc sedit hóminum.

He departed into a far country. What is farther than to withdraw from oneself: to be separated not by regions but by morals; to be divided by pursuits, not by lands; and, as it were, with the swelling tide of worldly luxury flowing between, to stand apart from the saints? For whoever separates himself from Christ is an exile from his homeland, a citizen of the world. But we are not strangers and pilgrims, but fellow citizens of the Saints and members of the household of God. For we who were far off have been made near in the Blood of Christ. Let us not be envious of those returning from a far country: for we too were in a far country, as Isaiah teaches. For thus you read: Those who sat in the region of the shadow of death, upon them a light has arisen. The far country, therefore, is the shadow of death.

℟ Circumdedérunt me viri mendáces: sine causa flagéllis cecidérunt me:

℟ Deceitful men surrounded me: without cause they struck me with scourges:

Sed tu, Dómine defénsor, víndica me.

But you, O Lord my defender, avenge me.

℣ Quóniam tribulátio próxima est, et non est qui ádiuvet.

℣ For tribulation is near, and there is none to help.

℟ Sed tu, Dómine defénsor, víndica me.

℟ But you, O Lord my defender, avenge me.

℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.

℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.

℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.

℟ Circumdedérunt me viri mendáces: sine causa flagéllis cecidérunt me: * Sed tu, Dómine defénsor, víndica me.

℟ Lying men surrounded me; without cause they struck me with blows: * But you, O Lord my defender, avenge me.